Armenian GM Danielian is off to an incredibly fast start. But she is facing the Indian Chess Queen GM Humpy Koneru today. With a win, Humpy can close the gap to just one point. The French star GM Marie Sebag is 1.5 pt behind Danielian. She can also close the gap with a win against Stefanova.
Here are all the matchups:
| GM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2550 | – | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2475 |
| GM | Zhu Chen | 2495 | – | GM | Xu Yuhua | 2484 |
| GM | Koneru Humpy | 2607 | – | GM | Danielian Elina | 2454 |
| IM | Fierro Baquero Martha L | 2363 | – | IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2410 |
| GM | Cramling Pia | 2516 | – | GM | Chiburdanidze Maia | 2502 |
| GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2546 | – | GM | Sebag Marie | 2489 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Go Humpy!